Brighten up a shelf or corner by your sink and add a few high humidity plants that prefer the conditions in your bathroom to the rest of your house. Buy It: Potted Pink Orchid Plant ($38, The Home Depot) Test Garden Tip: All types of pothos can be toxic if ingested to both children and pets. Buy It: Costa Farms Golden Pothos ($23, The Home Depot) Buy It: Neon Pothos Plant ($22, Lowe’s) Some common, easy-to-care-for varieties include Scarlet Star (Guzmania lingulata), Blushing Bromeliad (Neoregelia carolinae, shown), and the incredibly prehistoric-looking Urn Plant (Aechmea fasciata). Buy It: Costa Farms Bromeliad Plant ($25, The Home Depot) If your air plant doesn’t quite get enough moisture from the air, you can mist it, or give it a good soak every few weeks (depending on how dry your climate is). Some common varieties include Tillandsia xerographica, Tillandsia bergeri, and Tillandsia ionantha. Test Garden Tip: The more silvery the foliage, the more drought-tolerant it is. Buy It: Tillandsia Air Plant Variety ($23, Walmart) Pitcher plants like their soil to be kept moist; since they’re high-humidity plants, they’ll be at home in the bathroom. They’ll also tolerate low humidity but will produce fewer pitchers under those circumstances. Their vining habit makes them a stunning windowsill addition. Buy It: Nepenthes Alata Pitcher Plant (from $30, Etsy) Editor’s Tip: This plant is considered mildly toxic to people and animals when ingested. Buy It: Snake Plant ($46, The Home Depot) Editor’s Tip: Philodendrons are toxic to pets and children if ingested. Buy It: Heartleaf Philodendron ($39, Bloomscape)
